Engendering Racial Perceptions: An Intersectional Analysis of How Social Status Shapes RacePosted in Articles, Media Archive, Social Science, United States on 2013-04-23 21:03Z by Steven |
Engendering Racial Perceptions: An Intersectional Analysis of How Social Status Shapes Race
Gender & Society
Published online before print: 2013-04-12
DOI: 10.1177/0891243213480262
Andrew M. Penner, Associate Professor of Sociology
University of California, Irvine
Aliya Saperstein, Assistant Professor of Sociology
Stanford University
Intersectionality emphasizes that race, class, and gender distinctions are inextricably intertwined, but fully interrogating the co-constitution of these axes of stratification has proven difficult to implement in large-scale quantitative analyses. We address this gap by exploring gender differences in how social status shapes race in the United States. Building on previous research showing that changes in the racial classifications of others are influenced by social status, we use longitudinal data to examine how differences in social class position might affect racial classification differently for women and men. In doing so, we provide further support for the claim that race, class, and gender are not independent axes of stratification; rather they intersect, creating dynamic feedback loops that maintain the complex structure of social inequality in the United States.
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